Best of 2022: #3 - The Secret Lives of Mascots
The Lead
Wondery
3.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2022
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker got into a hilarious spat with the Toronto Raptors' mascot -- a big, red dinosaur in a basketball jersey -- back in January. Things spilled over into the post-game press conference and onto Twitter, and the basketball world was hooked. Inspired by this hilarity, we called up Dave Raymond, the founder of the Mascot Hall of Fame (and the man inside the Phillie Phanatic costume when it was famously pummeled by Tommy Lasorda) to get his perspective on the incident. Then, The Athletic's James Edwards III and Nick Kosmider told us the heartwarming story of the NBA's first father-son mascot duo -- and explained why the people sweating it out inside these giant suits are truly selfless heroes.
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| 0:47.0 | Hey everyone, this holiday break we're replaying three of our favourite episodes of 2022, |
| 0:52.0 | starting with this episode which first aired back in January. That is when Devon Booker, |
| 0:57.0 | the Phoenix Sunstar got into a hilarious quibble with the Toronto Rappers mascot. |
| 1:02.0 | I think that's all I need to say to set this one up. All right, enjoy the episode. |
| 1:12.0 | So it's late in the fourth quarter of the Suns Raptors game Tuesday night. |
| 1:15.0 | Devon Booker is at the free throw line trying to seal the game for Phoenix. |
| 1:19.0 | There are no fans inside Toronto's Scotiabank Arena because of COVID. |
| 1:24.0 | But there is one person or one creature behind the basket. |
| 1:29.0 | Toronto's mascot, the Raptor, a red dinosaur in a basketball jersey. |
| 1:34.0 | And with thousands of seats around him empty, he jumps, spreads his arms and legs wide open |
| 1:39.0 | and tosses his head wildly trying to make Booker miss. |
| 1:42.0 | And that's when things get hilarious. |
| 1:45.0 | By the way, Booker is complaining about the Raptor, the lone fan that's there. |
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